Two consignments bring $37,000 at Exclusive V Sale
LANCASTER - The high bid of
$37,000 was achieved by two
consignments at the Exclusive V
Sale held on March 26 at the
Guernsery Sales Pavilion.
The first lot sold was also the
first consignment to garner this
top bid. This entry provided the
bidder with a choice of males from
the flush in early May from the
mating of Sweet-Haven Tradition
and Long-Haven Valiant Sally.
This embryo was sold using a
large screen a slide projector for
the bidders to view the heritage of
the unborn bull. The buyer, the
Sally Exclusive Syndicate, has this
embryo leased to Tri-State where
it will enter their young sire
program. The consignor of this lot
was Long-Haven Farm, Clayton,
Michigan.
It was no surprise when Walnut-
S Bell Pillow Bella also walked
away with the top bid of the day. It
was just a matter of who would
Walnut-S Bell Pillow Bella topped the Exclusive Sale selling
for $37,000. Pictured is Galen-Larrabce, consultant; (left)
Thomas Piersiak, buyer; Howard and Rita Scott, consignors.
survive the fast and furious bid
ding. Thomas Piersiak, Brooks,
Maine, took home this gem with tor
the price of $37,000.
This very good classified four
year old and 22,000 pound cow
carries a special guarantee of 10
transferrable embryos within two
years from sale date. Horace
Backus, pedigreeman, described
•this cow, as she walked around the
ring, as “the perfect opportunity to
get into the number’s game.”
When interviewed later, Pier
siak admitted that was his reason
for purchasing this cow. He further
stated that traveled from Miane
because, “I came to buy her.” She
will travel back to Maine with him
and join his other 50 cows on
Piersiak Farms.
This cow is the homebred con
signment of Walnut Hill Dairy, Inc.
owned by H. Curtis and Howard
Scott. She is the result of the
mating between Carlin-M Ivanhoe
Bell and Rayfay Parka Nugget
Pillow. “Bella” also carries a calf
from Air-Osa Oak Quick Shot.
The second highest bid, $22,000
went to the female version of the
entry which garnered the first
price and tied for the high bid of
the sale. The three way part
nership of George Knight, Airville;
Michael Weimer, Harrisburg; and
Barry Hostetter, Oxford.
Embryos dominated the high
bidding. The choice of .-females
from the mating between Whittier-
Farms Ned Boy and Plushanski
Valiant Fran-ET garnered the
third high bid of $17,000 for fourth
place in among the high con
signments.
This entry provides the buyer,
Harry Mosholder, Rock wood, PA,
with his choice of females from
seven pregnancies due on April 9,
1986. The dam of these embryos is
classified excellent and has the
fourth best CTPI (plus 1035) of the
breed in the country. She also
produced a 36,920 pounds of milk
and 4.1 percent fat record in her
most recent lactation.
This combined Exclusive and
Garden Spot Sale grossed $412,000
on 130 head for an average of
$3,169.23. The first 50 animals to
enter the show ring averaged
$6,076. Nine embryos that were
sold in this sale averaged $11,400.
This sale was managed by
Backus Associates.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 29,1986-A23
Members of the Sally Exclusive Syndicate which bought the
male embryo for $37,000 at the Exclusive Sale were left,
Charles Myers, Dennis Remsburg, Larry Wenger, Don Welk,
Henry Sink, Bill Kingery and J. Mowery Frey. Sale staff in the
booth are: Jay Howes, Mike Weimer, Charles Backus and
Horace Backus.
Foreclosed farmers may
lease back their homes
WASHINGTON - Farmers
Home Administration borrowers
who have had to leave their farms
for financial reasons may be able
to retain their homes, FmHA
Administrator Vance Clark an
nounced.
Under the dwelling retention
(homestead) program, a farm
home acquired by FmHA through
voluntary conveyance, foreclosure
or bankruptcy proceedings can be
leased back, under certain con
ditions, to the former owner with
an option to purchase.
A former FmHA borrower can
apply to FmHA to lease the farm
house and “a reasonable amount of
land”, usually about five acres, for
up to five years with an option to
purchase when he or she is
financially able. The former owner
must have sufficient income to
make rental payments and to
maintain the property in good
condition.
To be eligible for the program, a
farmer also must show that in at
least two out of the last five years,
gross farm income amounted to
$40,000 or more and that 60 percent
of family income came from the
farm operation.
Additional details of the dwelling
retention program are available in
the March 18 Federal Register.